Subway Service Is Finally Returning To The Area Hurricane Sandy Hit Hardest

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in October, New York City's subway
system recovered remarkably quickly.

Now, one of the final pieces of the system is finally coming
back: A Train service to the Rockaways will resume May 30, the
Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) announced Thursday.

The above-ground train crosses Jamaica Bay to reach the
Rockaways, the peninsula that was severely damaged by Hurricane
Sandy. That section of the train usually carries 30,000 riders
per day into Queens.

While just about the entire NYC public transit system is back
online, damage wrought by Sandy is still visible.

The flooding of Manhattan's South Ferry-Whitehall station was so
extensive, repairs will take two years and cost $500 million. In the
meantime, the MTA spent $2 million to reopen the old, inferior
South Ferry station.